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In our culture aging is feared, maligned and older folks often marginalized. Consider the thousands of advertisements seen daily on television and social media touting products to reverse or prevent wrinkles, for grey and thinning hair, to reverse or slow down memory loss and a multitude of other illnesses and horrors associated with aging.

While the madness ensues and I am bouncing between tearfulness and anger daily, I decided to stop and take a look at human civilizations over the centuries. This round of authoritarianism, I found, was a replay from so many that came before it. I also ruminated on the chance of it rising again.

This blog post is dedicated to the current state of democracy in the United States as seen through the lens of human well-being. I am unable to remain silent while basic human, constitutional and civil rights are being blatantly disregarded.